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Chaudhuri,Dipankar; Ghate,Nikhil Baban; Deb,Shampa; Panja,Sourav; Sarkar,Rhitajit; Rout,Jayashree; Mandal,Nripendranath. |
BACKGROUND: Unstable generation of free radicals in the body are responsible for many degenerative diseases. A bloom forming algae Euglena tuba growing abundantly in the aquatic habitats of Cachar district in the state of Assam in North-East India was analysed for its phytochemical contents, antioxidant activity as well as free radical scavenging potentials. RESULTS: Based on the ability of the extract in ABTS+ radical cation inhibition and Fe3+ reducing power, the obtained results revealed the prominent antioxidant activity of the algae, with high correlation coefficient of its TEAC values to the respective phenolic and flavonoid contents. The extract had shown its scavenging activity for different free radicals and 41.89 ± 0.41... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Euglenoid; Phytochemicals; Free radical scavenging; Antioxidant; Reducing power. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602014000100024 |
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